It was pretty random. Everyone wanted punk! We were, of course being
the rebels that we were, we were all rebelling against our rebellion
even. That's all we DID was rebel! We'd rebel against the rebels.
We'd rebel against ourselves basically. Whatever, we were rebelling
against it.

Vox Pop embraced a wide gamut of influences, including glam. Their drummer Bolles would dress in drag, garnering either approval or scorn from those in the crowd who were not duped. In fact, Bolles's penchant for woman's wear got him ousted from his spot in the Germs by the late vocalist Darby Crash. During the Germs reunion tour following the release of
2008's What We Do Is Secret, Bolles was able to play
drums again with the remaining members of Germs. The aforementioned film, while not explicitly about Vox Pop, does contain a brief scene with actors portraying the band.

Look for Vox Pop in the crates of your nearest vinyl heaven or ask your favorite friendly punk purist DJ to dig some out for ya or youtube that shit. (Altho the mp3 links on the first blog listed
below are superior to those available on youtube—check out "Become a
Pagan" for 60s acidrock goodness.)

MAN IN STREET: Well, er, speaking as a man in the street, I... (he is at once struck down by a car)Waugh!

MAN IN BOWLER: The typical vox pop has a reporter, possibly in a trench coat, heading into the street and asking usually simple questions about hot-button issues. (All of a sudden, a pale-looking douche leaps in front of the camera).

PALE-LOOKING DOUCHE: Vox Pop was a band spawned in LA in the late 70s! They tried to be punk rebels against punk! They--

MAN IN BOWLER HAT: See here! This was my topic! It's Speaker’s Corner gone video. Everyone has a chance to pipe in their opinion.

MAN IN TRENCHCOAT: A lot of newspapers do something similar. They’ll have question and a little thumbnail piccy and they’ll take reader responses. This was long before it became ubiquitous on the World Wide Web.

GREEN-HAIRED WOMAN WITH BABE-IN-ARMS: Oh, now the Chat Shows do that. Sorta makes people feel like what we have to say is important-like, don't it?

MIDDLE-AGED MAN WITH COMBOVER: Back in late late 60s, Phil Donahue jumped spontaneously into his audience and took feedback. The next day, the tiny fence that separated the stage—he had a fence separating the stage from the audience—well, they took that fence away. Vox pops became integrated with the show's format.

SHORT-HAIRED WOMAN: Significantly, the classic Vox Pop permits only a brief response. They don't lend themselves to thoughtful responses. It's democratization and empowerment, but of a very limited sort.

SOME GUY: I don't want to sound elitist, but damn. The internet has shown us what the voice of the average person can sound like, unfiltered, unrestrained, untrained. Youtube gives every idiot in the world a chance to be his or her own broadcaster, and every idiot and the world has obliged. And the comments section...!

FATBEARD IN UNDERWEAR: I don't know about Dave Sim's contribution to art, but I’ve seen nothing to contradict his views on women.

STRIDENT-LOOKING WOMAN: Well, I, too, am outraged to hear Corey Feldman's statements on pedophiles in Hollywood. But you know, the school board will look after its own! It’s like my son, he had all of these absent and late reports, but then I learned the teacher took attendance after the bell but before the anthem. No wonder he had all those unfair lates! What do you expect, when our schools tolerate this?

SHORT-HAIRED WOMAN: Hey! When I said I wanted to empower women’s voices, I meant the ones that agree with mine!

LITTLE RED-HAIRED GIRL: If Facebook has done us a service, it's the Facebook Wall, which has helped drag a fair percentage of loudmouths to places where, once again, only their friends have to hear them. Think of it as the corner pub, where--